Somewhere Among The Stars |
He opened the door to an old room, barren only containing a few boxes and found the open vent which the sound was loudest. He slammed his wrench on the metal creating an echo down the vent.
A scatter of solid feet was the next sound he heard which eventually came to a stop somewhere else. He slammed the wrench on the vent again. Not long after came the little pitter patter of animal feet, not big enough to be a raccoon but not small enough to be the typical house rat. This time he decided to whistle down the vent. Sure enough there was a running of feet and not a moment later he was tackled aggressively by a tiny shaky dog with scraggly hair. Its collar was ensnared in its tangles but he managed to find the tag soon enough. Oogly, it said on it, and it couldn’t have been more true to its name. This was possibly the ugliest dog Sam had ever seen with wild hair that resembled a shower drain nightmare. It was very oily and for some reason, sticky. Gross. “Some ghosts you are.” Sam said half joking half disappointed. He scooped up the… dog with one arm and walked back down the stairs. Mr. Richman seemed less than relieved at the sight of the little dog. “My god. What an ugly rat! Aren’t you going to kill it? Surely that’s not the cause of all the noise.” He said spitefully. “Nope it’s just a little dog, your father must have had him around before his death. He’s seemed to have been in there a long time.”
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Shelby
3/27/2017 01:10:16 pm
This is really scary and cute at the same time. You are expecting a rat or a wild animal, but you get a dog. I like how you used suspense. I haven't read the other part so when reading this I started to think that it was going to be a paranormal writing. Good job of using suspense.
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